CEDARS AT DUNGENESS Golf Course in Sequim will play host to a couple of important community-minded tournaments in May.
First on the list is Golf for Grads, a fundraiser for the Sequim High School Class of 2019 Safe and Sober Graduation Party.
The four-person scramble format event will be held Sunday, May 5 with a 9 a.m. shotgun start.
The cost is $85 per person and includes green fees, lunch, KP, long drive, hole-in-one, cart use, giveaways and an optional honey pot. A cash bar and beverage cart also will be available.
Event sponsors also are sought with sponsorship levels ranging from Bronze ($200) to Platinum ($1,000).
To sign up, visit the pro shop or call 360-683-6344.
Boys and Girls Club
Next up is the 28th annual Boys and Girls Club of the Olympic Peninsula Golf Tournament on Friday, May 10 at Cedars. This event is part of the Sequim Irrigation Festival.
The four-person scramble will open with a 1 p.m. shotgun start.
Players can check in at 11 a.m. and practice on the range or putting green.
Lunch will be provided to players in their carts.
The cost is $100 per player, $400 per foursome, and includes green fees, cart, range, tee favors and lunch.
Golfer packages are $25 and offer each player two mulligans, two throws, one putt for wine and one split-the-pot raffle entry.
Putt for wine will offer three putts for $5 with a “hole-in-one” winning a bottle of wine.
Tee or green signage sponsorships are $150.
To register, visit bgcopgolf. maxgiving.com.
Shea at GNACs
Sequim’s Sarah Shea, a freshman on the Western Washington University women’s golf team, competed for the Vikings in the Great Northwest Athletic Conference Women’s Golf Championships on Monday and Tuesday.
Shea shot rounds of 83 and 79 at Coeur d’Alene Resort Golf Course, and finish tied for 12th individually, 17 strokes behind her teammate and individual champion Lacy Sheldon.
Western Washington (+64) finished third overall as a team at the six-team event, behind Concordia (+48) and Simon Fraser (+45).
Shea previously competed in three tournaments for the Vikings.
She shot rounds of 89 and 78 in the WWU Invitational last fall, 80 and 76 in the Tim Tierney Pioneer Shootout in March.
Earlier this month, Shea posted her lowest round to date as a college player, a 74, along with a 78 at the Mustang Intercollegiate at Palm Valley Golf Club in Goodyear, Ariz. on April 5-6.
Shea is the lone freshman on the Western golf team and was the Peninsula Daily News’ 2018 All-Peninsula Girls Golf MVP as a Sequim senior.
Hole-in-one report
Port Angeles’ Caleb Rauch recently recorded his first-ever hole-in-one while playing Peninsula Golf Club in Port Angeles.
Rauch aced the 145-yard ninth hole with his 7-iron and a Srixon 3 ball Saturday, April 13.
The shot was witnessed by Tyler Anthony of Portland.
Nice shot, Caleb.
First win for UW’s Pan
Former Washington Husky men’s golfer C.T. Pan won a plaid jacket and the $1.242 million first-place prize in claiming his first-ever PGA Tour victory Sunday at the RBC Heritage at Harbour Town Golf Links in Hilton Head Island, S.C.
Pan shot a 4-under-par 67 in the final round to come from behind and win at 12-under-par, one stroke better than Matt Kuchar.
With the win he’ll also receive a PGA Tour exemption through 2020-21, and entry in the PGA Championship in May and the 2020 Masters.
Pan’s wife Yingchun Lin caddies for him, and was carrying his clubs when he finished second at the 2018 Wyndham Championship, but was not on the bag for his first PGA Tour win.
“Unfortunately, my wife, she’s not here because she’s handling my first American Junior Golf Association event in Houston,” Pan told reporters.
He had hoped to stay there and help, particularly since they brought a group of girls from his native Taiwan to play.
But, he said, “My wife told me to be here.
“Just listen to your wife and you will have a good life. She’s right, always.”
Sounds like Pan has his head on his shoulders.
